How To Hide Job Success Score In UpWork

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Looks like someone is not happy with their JSS on Upwork. I understand that the Upwork’s JSS mechanism might sometimes ruin your reputation on Upwork for no solid reason. SO, what to do when it does? How to hide job success score in upwork? 

Let me clear one thing. You can not hide your job success score in upwork. The reason is that the JSS is a metric system formulated by Upwork to show a freelancer’s performance to the potential client. Hiding JSS means that client don’t know who they are working with.

Though you can not hide your JSS, there are alternatives that might help you get out of the corner. In this article, I will share some tips for those who have got a bad JSS. I personally faced this at one time, so it’s not a big deal. Just keep reading!

Remove Client’s Feedback

Got a bad review on your profile despite delivering the best service? Don’t worry. You can request feedback removal from Upwork team. But the condition is that you must be a top-rated or top-rated plus freelancer

As per Upwork’s new policy, you can either remove a feedback from your JSS’s calculation or from both profile and JSS. When you remove it from profile and JSS, it will shown as “Feedback removed” to the profile visitors. 

But removing your feedback will not necessarily improve your JSS. If the reduced JSS is due to the negative feedback, it will take 14 days to become normal. If the JSS remains the same after 14 days of feedback removal, there must be some other factors responsible for bad JSS.

Conditions For Feedback Removal Request

You can request feedback removal from Upwork team if you think the feedback is not accurate and is biased. However, there are some conditions set up by Upwork for the freelancers to request feedback removal. Take a look at these.

  • The freelancer must be top-rated or top-rated plus.
  • You can submit a feedback removal once every three months. 
  • You must have completed at least 10 contract before submitting a request.
  • Removing feedback will not alter your star ratings in any way.

How To Recover Your Top-Rated Badge?

Lost your top-rated badge due to a decrease in JSS? Don’t worry. You can ask Upwork to remove the feedback within two weeks of badge removal. Add the screenshot of the email that you received after losing top-rated badge and send it to Upwork’s support team.

Conclusion:

So, you can not hide your JSS. But you can control it. Yes, you heard me right. I have mentioned a few tips on how you can improve your JSS after a negative feedback. For more information on how to control your JSS, read this article here.

As there are a lot of factors regulating your profile’s job success score, you do not know which negative review costed you your decent JSS. It is possible that removing a feedback might not alter your JSS at all because it was not the reason behind your lost JSS.

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Foysal Ahmed

Upwork Top Rated Plus Seller

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